October 19, 2012

Ubuntu Gnome Remix - more info from WebUpd8.org

Ubuntu GNOME Remix, a Linux
distribution which aims to become an official Ubuntu flavour, uses GNOME
Shell as the default "shell" and tries to provide a "mostly pure GNOME
desktop experience built from the Ubuntu repositories".

Learn more about Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 by watching the video below:

Default packages

But there are some packages which aren't updated to version 3.6: Aisleriot, Nautilus, System Settings, and Totem:

Nautilus 3.4.2

That's because Ubuntu itself uses older versions of these apps, so Ubuntu GNOME Remix is stuck with them as well. But you can update Nautilus or Totem to version 3.6 by using the GNOME3 Team PPA.

There are also some GNOME applications which aren't included by default,
like Boxes or GNOME Documents. And you won't find any of the
Ubuntu-specific applications as well: Ubuntu One or Ubuntu Software
Center aren't included in Ubuntu GNOME Remix since they aren't official
GNOME apps.

Instead of Ubuntu Software Center, it uses "Software" (gnome-packagekit), which includes its own update manager:

The classic (fallback) session is included by default as well, but is only used if your hardware can't run GNOME Shell.

Artwork

As you would expect, Ubuntu GNOME
Remix 12.10 uses the default GNOME 3 artwork: Adwaita for the GTK theme
and the GNOME icon theme, along with the official GNOME 3.6 wallpaper.

But, at least compared to the beta, there is now a Plymouth theme as well as an Ubiquity installer slideshow:

The slideshow uses images for all the
slides except the last one, which is common with the other Ubuntu
flavours (which tells the user where he can get support). That's
probably because the work was done by a small team and there wasn't
enough time to get everything ready, this being the first Ubuntu GNOME
release.

GNOME Shell was the missing piece and now, with 12.10, Ubuntu has all
the popular DEs covered: from Xfce, KDE and LXDE to GNOME Shell or Unity
(although these last 2 are not DEs but "shells"), even though Ubuntu
GNOME Remix is not official yet. But let's hope it will become an
official Ubuntu flavour with 13.04 Raring Ringtail.